narval

Concepts

narwhal

narwhale

sea unicorn

narwal

Synonyms

narwhale

ballena narval

ballena narval del Artico

ballena unicornio

narwhal

Translations

narval

Narwal

narvalo

narval

narwal

Meereseinhorn

narval

deniz gergedanı

Einhornwal

Narwhal

φάλαινα νάρβαλ

licorne de mer

licorne des mers

Monodon monoceros

Hyphenated as

nar‧val

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naɾˈbal/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: -

Cognate with Faroese: náhvalur

In summary

From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).